Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?

[Anonymous]

A friend of mine asked this mornIng and I was stumped, lol. What do you think?

[stranger64]

As pointed out above, bra is short for brassiere which is a word for a single object, whereas any item of clothing that covers both legs separately is referred to in plural as it comprises two leg coverings put together. Eg. trousers, pants, pantaloons, the full grammar being "a pair of pants". Underwear is a shortened version of these, therefore is plural, eg. panties, knickers, undies.

Strangely enough you cannot refer to a single trouser or a single pant, it is "trouser-leg" or "pant-leg"!

[Asker]

So we're following the logic that the breast is part of the single torso, whereas the posterior is the point of connection between two legs, yes?

Hmm. I'd never considered that angle. Thanks. :-)

[stranger64]

correct, you got it...

[Anonymous]

Such intellectual answers to what is really a party joke taht focuses on what they cover up...

hahahaha

Correcting singular to plural, vice versa might be

Breast cups

Titty harnesses

P catcher

P sling

hehehehe

[jayzee]

thats what teacher taught us. And the teacher was a lady ; so never really got the chance to ask her :p

[Asker]

Hahaha. No, don't ask the teacher too much about underwear.

[jayzee]

ikr. our class teacher was taking a sex ed class once . And she was all red that day 0.o

[Asker]

I might have the same reaction if I had to explain the birds and the bees to people. I just explained it to my daughter, who had a very confusing sex Ed class at school. She sat there, silently staring at me. I figured she was confused so I asked if she had questions. She says "I don't understand. You let Daddy do that to you? Eyw, TMI, Mommy!" (Sigh.)

[jayzee]

my parents never told me explained about sex ed . I learned about it in 8th grade. And was hard for me to believe. and thought it was yucky :p

[jayzee]

she will get used to it when her friends start talking about it haha. usually we get spoiled by our company haha

[Asker]

Lol. Thanks for the boost of hope!

[Anonymous]

Maybe cause bra only holds one type of body part and panties hold two.

[Asker]

Well, bra sort of supports two things, though, right?

[Opinion Owner]

I know. But it's only one type of body part like I said already.

[Asker]

:-)